Railroad-track.



No. a94,4 a4. Patented Mar. 4, I902.

6. s. KENDALL.

RAILROAD TRACK.

plicntion filed Nov. 20, 1901.)

UNITED STTES ATENT QFFIGE.

GEORGE S. KENDALL, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

RAILROAD-TRACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 694,484, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed November 20, 1901. Serial No. 83,016. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. KENDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion, State of- Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Tracks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railway-tracks; and it has for its object to provide in combination with the meeting ends of rails means for preventing pounding as a wheel passes from one rail to the next, a further object of the invention being to so construct and arrange this preventive means as to insure it remaining in operative p0sition,while permitting it to be applied and removed at will.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the meeting ends of two rails equipped in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View showing the fish-plate with the rail-section formed integral therewith.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown the end portions of two rails 5 and 6, the laterally-projecting portions of the treads of which are cut away at one side, so that the inner faces of the resultant cavities or recesses lie flush with the adjacent faces of the webs of the rails. The ends of the rails are brought together to abut or nearly abut in the usual manner, and to hold therails in mutual relation fish-plates 6 and 7 are provided. The

rails, recesses 12 being formed in the edge of the fish-plate to receive spikes, the heads of which lie upon the flange of the fish-plate. A second fish-plate 7 is also provided, which is similar in form to the fish-plate just described, with the addition of an upwardly-extending portion 16 of such dimensions as to fit in the recesses of the endsof the rails, and thus complete the tread at that side of the rails. The fish-plate proper extends beyond the ends of the portion 16 and lies against the under sides of the adjacent projecting portions of the treads of the rails and sustains them against the pounding action of the car-wheels in passing to and from the supplemental tread portion carried by the fish-plate. Bolts 18 are passed laterally through the fish-plates and rails in the usual manner.

With this construction it will be seen that the supplemental tread is applied and removed with the fish-plate and is held in place thereby, while the entire structure is such as to give strength and durability to the track.

In practice in order to hold the fish-plates more securely in place fingers 20 may .be formed upon the under sides of the flanges thereof to enter openings in the rail-flanges, the, bolts being used to swing the plates with a pivotal or hinged movement into position against the rails.

What is claimed is I The combination with rails disposed end to end and having their treads cut away at one side flush with the webs of the rails and for a portion of their lengths,said rails having openings in their flanges; of a fish-plate disposed between the treads and flanges'of the rails and bridging the cut-away portions, said fishplate having a supplemental tread portion fitted in the cut-away portions and extending approximately from end to end thereof, and having fingers pivotally engaged with the openings of the flanges of the rails, and bolts passed through the rails and plate for moving the latter pivotally into position against the rails.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE S. KENDALL.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. STEARNS, HARRY W. DENNY; 

